Mikey Smith
@mikeysmith.com
Deputy Political Editor at the Sunday Mirror
Politics, gossip, intrigue
(Fuelled by coffee, rollercoasters, The Wildhearts and The Washington Wizards)
Politics, gossip, intrigue
(Fuelled by coffee, rollercoasters, The Wildhearts and The Washington Wizards)
A leak inquiry is underway...
PLUS
• MTG floats impeachment
• Trump gloats
• Someone's feeding him nonsense again
• Fox News loses its damn mind over Mamdani love in
• Bill and Hillary Clinton hauled in to Epstein probe
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
PLUS
• MTG floats impeachment
• Trump gloats
• Someone's feeding him nonsense again
• Fox News loses its damn mind over Mamdani love in
• Bill and Hillary Clinton hauled in to Epstein probe
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A leak inquiry is underway...
PLUS
• MTG floats impeachment
• Trump gloats
• Someone's feeding him nonsense again
• Fox News loses its damn mind over Mamdani love in
• Bill and Hillary Clinton hauled in to Epstein probe
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
PLUS
• MTG floats impeachment
• Trump gloats
• Someone's feeding him nonsense again
• Fox News loses its damn mind over Mamdani love in
• Bill and Hillary Clinton hauled in to Epstein probe
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Nobody expected this...
• Trump showered Mamdani with praise
• Mamdani called Trump a fascist
• Ukraine has a week to give Putin exactly what he wants
• Now you can buy a Trump gun
• Trump's weird football photo-op
• Ghislaine's keeping schtum
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
• Trump showered Mamdani with praise
• Mamdani called Trump a fascist
• Ukraine has a week to give Putin exactly what he wants
• Now you can buy a Trump gun
• Trump's weird football photo-op
• Ghislaine's keeping schtum
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Nobody expected this...
• Trump showered Mamdani with praise
• Mamdani called Trump a fascist
• Ukraine has a week to give Putin exactly what he wants
• Now you can buy a Trump gun
• Trump's weird football photo-op
• Ghislaine's keeping schtum
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
• Trump showered Mamdani with praise
• Mamdani called Trump a fascist
• Ukraine has a week to give Putin exactly what he wants
• Now you can buy a Trump gun
• Trump's weird football photo-op
• Ghislaine's keeping schtum
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
He's spiralling...
He blasted music from the White House
• Ghislaine pardon is still on the table
• MTG is off his Christmas list
• Sadiq Khan was never on it
• His mystery MRI may or may not have been aimed at his brain
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
He blasted music from the White House
• Ghislaine pardon is still on the table
• MTG is off his Christmas list
• Sadiq Khan was never on it
• His mystery MRI may or may not have been aimed at his brain
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
He's spiralling...
He blasted music from the White House
• Ghislaine pardon is still on the table
• MTG is off his Christmas list
• Sadiq Khan was never on it
• His mystery MRI may or may not have been aimed at his brain
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
He blasted music from the White House
• Ghislaine pardon is still on the table
• MTG is off his Christmas list
• Sadiq Khan was never on it
• His mystery MRI may or may not have been aimed at his brain
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
After a year of playing nice, Keir Starmer won't be happy to hear this...
• Top Trump aide says UK is 'no friend' to President
• Trump spirals and lashes out over Epstein
• What happens next?
• Bishops bash Trump
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
• Top Trump aide says UK is 'no friend' to President
• Trump spirals and lashes out over Epstein
• What happens next?
• Bishops bash Trump
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
After a year of playing nice, Keir Starmer won't be happy to hear this...
• Top Trump aide says UK is 'no friend' to President
• Trump spirals and lashes out over Epstein
• What happens next?
• Bishops bash Trump
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
• Top Trump aide says UK is 'no friend' to President
• Trump spirals and lashes out over Epstein
• What happens next?
• Bishops bash Trump
Today's roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
8 potential nightmares for Donald Trump buried in the Epstein files
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November 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
8 potential nightmares for Donald Trump buried in the Epstein files
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Will the new Epstein emails unravel Trump?
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• He sprayed a world leader with his own cologne
• He demanded Israel pardon Netanyahu
• He gave a hugely ill-judged speech to mark Veterans Day
• And gave a fairly ill-judged tour of the White House to Laura Ingraham
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• He sprayed a world leader with his own cologne
• He demanded Israel pardon Netanyahu
• He gave a hugely ill-judged speech to mark Veterans Day
• And gave a fairly ill-judged tour of the White House to Laura Ingraham
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November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Will the new Epstein emails unravel Trump?
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• He sprayed a world leader with his own cologne
• He demanded Israel pardon Netanyahu
• He gave a hugely ill-judged speech to mark Veterans Day
• And gave a fairly ill-judged tour of the White House to Laura Ingraham
👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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• He sprayed a world leader with his own cologne
• He demanded Israel pardon Netanyahu
• He gave a hugely ill-judged speech to mark Veterans Day
• And gave a fairly ill-judged tour of the White House to Laura Ingraham
👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
He got two different places mixed up again...also, Zohran is a Gooner
PLUS
- Trump warns Zohran Mamdani to be nice to him
- FIFA launches a special peace prize just for Trump
- He painted a new sign outside the Oval Office...
Full roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
PLUS
- Trump warns Zohran Mamdani to be nice to him
- FIFA launches a special peace prize just for Trump
- He painted a new sign outside the Oval Office...
Full roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
He got two different places mixed up again...also, Zohran is a Gooner
PLUS
- Trump warns Zohran Mamdani to be nice to him
- FIFA launches a special peace prize just for Trump
- He painted a new sign outside the Oval Office...
Full roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
PLUS
- Trump warns Zohran Mamdani to be nice to him
- FIFA launches a special peace prize just for Trump
- He painted a new sign outside the Oval Office...
Full roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
If you're just waking up, Trump is FUMING...
- Zohran Mamdani wins!
- Trump is fuming
- His four-word threat
- California votes to counter gerrymandering
- The Shutdown is the longest ever
Full roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Zohran Mamdani wins!
- Trump is fuming
- His four-word threat
- California votes to counter gerrymandering
- The Shutdown is the longest ever
Full roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
If you're just waking up, Trump is FUMING...
- Zohran Mamdani wins!
- Trump is fuming
- His four-word threat
- California votes to counter gerrymandering
- The Shutdown is the longest ever
Full roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Zohran Mamdani wins!
- Trump is fuming
- His four-word threat
- California votes to counter gerrymandering
- The Shutdown is the longest ever
Full roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Donald Trump is about to have a very bad day...
- He blatantly tried to interfere with New York's election
- A wild ICE kidnapping went viral
- He lied about his poll numbers again - and this time they're worse than ever
Full roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- He blatantly tried to interfere with New York's election
- A wild ICE kidnapping went viral
- He lied about his poll numbers again - and this time they're worse than ever
Full roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Donald Trump is about to have a very bad day...
- He blatantly tried to interfere with New York's election
- A wild ICE kidnapping went viral
- He lied about his poll numbers again - and this time they're worse than ever
Full roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- He blatantly tried to interfere with New York's election
- A wild ICE kidnapping went viral
- He lied about his poll numbers again - and this time they're worse than ever
Full roundup 👉 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
All the details of Donald Trump’s extremely poor-taste Halloween party…
24 hours in Trumpworld:
• Threatened to invade Nigeria
• Attacked another TV comedian
• Going back on 60 Minutes
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
24 hours in Trumpworld:
• Threatened to invade Nigeria
• Attacked another TV comedian
• Going back on 60 Minutes
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
November 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
All the details of Donald Trump’s extremely poor-taste Halloween party…
24 hours in Trumpworld:
• Threatened to invade Nigeria
• Attacked another TV comedian
• Going back on 60 Minutes
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
24 hours in Trumpworld:
• Threatened to invade Nigeria
• Attacked another TV comedian
• Going back on 60 Minutes
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Donald Trump flew to Florida to play golf and bragged about his fancy toilet… while Americans went hungry.
Meanwhile:
• He’ll only fund food aid if a judge forces him
• Senate Republicans finally defied him
• And yes — the toilet again
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Meanwhile:
• He’ll only fund food aid if a judge forces him
• Senate Republicans finally defied him
• And yes — the toilet again
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
November 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Donald Trump flew to Florida to play golf and bragged about his fancy toilet… while Americans went hungry.
Meanwhile:
• He’ll only fund food aid if a judge forces him
• Senate Republicans finally defied him
• And yes — the toilet again
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Meanwhile:
• He’ll only fund food aid if a judge forces him
• Senate Republicans finally defied him
• And yes — the toilet again
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Uh oh, someone put him on the in-flight Wi-Fi…
24 hours in Trumpworld:
• He threatened to jail Joe Biden — an 82-year-old cancer patient
• He restarted U.S. nuclear testing
• And he’s prepping anti-protest squads
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
24 hours in Trumpworld:
• He threatened to jail Joe Biden — an 82-year-old cancer patient
• He restarted U.S. nuclear testing
• And he’s prepping anti-protest squads
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
October 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Uh oh, someone put him on the in-flight Wi-Fi…
24 hours in Trumpworld:
• He threatened to jail Joe Biden — an 82-year-old cancer patient
• He restarted U.S. nuclear testing
• And he’s prepping anti-protest squads
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
24 hours in Trumpworld:
• He threatened to jail Joe Biden — an 82-year-old cancer patient
• He restarted U.S. nuclear testing
• And he’s prepping anti-protest squads
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Is he OK?
24 hours in Trumpworld:
• Admitted to MRI and dementia tests
• Stumbled around a room led by Japan's PM
• An ICE purge is underway
• He got weird about magnets
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
24 hours in Trumpworld:
• Admitted to MRI and dementia tests
• Stumbled around a room led by Japan's PM
• An ICE purge is underway
• He got weird about magnets
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Is he OK?
24 hours in Trumpworld:
• Admitted to MRI and dementia tests
• Stumbled around a room led by Japan's PM
• An ICE purge is underway
• He got weird about magnets
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
24 hours in Trumpworld:
• Admitted to MRI and dementia tests
• Stumbled around a room led by Japan's PM
• An ICE purge is underway
• He got weird about magnets
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
I spent today at the National Memorial Arboretum talking to veterans about the first LGBT Veterans memorial - and the cruelty many of them suffered at the hands of the state.
It's still hard to believe this happened so recently.
It's still hard to believe this happened so recently.
October 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I spent today at the National Memorial Arboretum talking to veterans about the first LGBT Veterans memorial - and the cruelty many of them suffered at the hands of the state.
It's still hard to believe this happened so recently.
It's still hard to believe this happened so recently.
Trump and his allies are saying out loud how they plan to rig elections and keep him in power.
Bannon says “Trump 28” is happening — and warns of civil war if MAGA can’t seize the House. Permanently.
Trump’s sending “monitors” to polling sites.
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Bannon says “Trump 28” is happening — and warns of civil war if MAGA can’t seize the House. Permanently.
Trump’s sending “monitors” to polling sites.
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Trump and his allies are saying out loud how they plan to rig elections and keep him in power.
Bannon says “Trump 28” is happening — and warns of civil war if MAGA can’t seize the House. Permanently.
Trump’s sending “monitors” to polling sites.
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Bannon says “Trump 28” is happening — and warns of civil war if MAGA can’t seize the House. Permanently.
Trump’s sending “monitors” to polling sites.
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
"Since I know the Prime Minister reads the Mirror, here’s some free advice..."
Tom Watson writes for us as Lucy Powell is elected Deputy Leader
It's punchy... 👇
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Tom Watson writes for us as Lucy Powell is elected Deputy Leader
It's punchy... 👇
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
October 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"Since I know the Prime Minister reads the Mirror, here’s some free advice..."
Tom Watson writes for us as Lucy Powell is elected Deputy Leader
It's punchy... 👇
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Tom Watson writes for us as Lucy Powell is elected Deputy Leader
It's punchy... 👇
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
When Biden was accused of doing this, the outrage was so wild people wore bin bags to rallies and Trump drove a truck.
Today he called seven million Americans “garbage.”
Meanwhile he hung up on Canada over a TV ad, and pardoned a crypto money-launderer
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Today he called seven million Americans “garbage.”
Meanwhile he hung up on Canada over a TV ad, and pardoned a crypto money-launderer
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
October 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
When Biden was accused of doing this, the outrage was so wild people wore bin bags to rallies and Trump drove a truck.
Today he called seven million Americans “garbage.”
Meanwhile he hung up on Canada over a TV ad, and pardoned a crypto money-launderer
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Today he called seven million Americans “garbage.”
Meanwhile he hung up on Canada over a TV ad, and pardoned a crypto money-launderer
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
October 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A "national emergency" would let Trump force through new election rules.
Meanwhile, the White House ballroom's getting bigger,
he's explaining why he "had to" demolish the East Wing,
and Stephen Miller's having a meltdown about an American icon.
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Meanwhile, the White House ballroom's getting bigger,
he's explaining why he "had to" demolish the East Wing,
and Stephen Miller's having a meltdown about an American icon.
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A "national emergency" would let Trump force through new election rules.
Meanwhile, the White House ballroom's getting bigger,
he's explaining why he "had to" demolish the East Wing,
and Stephen Miller's having a meltdown about an American icon.
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Meanwhile, the White House ballroom's getting bigger,
he's explaining why he "had to" demolish the East Wing,
and Stephen Miller's having a meltdown about an American icon.
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
None of this is normal.
Pay attention.
From making sure “2020 doesn’t happen again”
to handing out “Trump 2028” goody bags —
here are the most alarming things that happened yesterday.
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Pay attention.
From making sure “2020 doesn’t happen again”
to handing out “Trump 2028” goody bags —
here are the most alarming things that happened yesterday.
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
October 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
None of this is normal.
Pay attention.
From making sure “2020 doesn’t happen again”
to handing out “Trump 2028” goody bags —
here are the most alarming things that happened yesterday.
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Pay attention.
From making sure “2020 doesn’t happen again”
to handing out “Trump 2028” goody bags —
here are the most alarming things that happened yesterday.
Full roundup → www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
No Kings updates here as it happens...do follow
October 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
No Kings updates here as it happens...do follow
Trump has fled for Florida ahead of the No Kings protests... but not before doing this...
October 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Trump has fled for Florida ahead of the No Kings protests... but not before doing this...
Today in Trump World:
Zelensky heads to the White House to talk Tomahawks
Putin tried to talk Trump out of it
RFK Jr went on a weird rant about teenage boys sperm
Then he banged on about the 'fertility rate', and was wrong about that too
Eric is glad daddy says he's a good boy
Zelensky heads to the White House to talk Tomahawks
Putin tried to talk Trump out of it
RFK Jr went on a weird rant about teenage boys sperm
Then he banged on about the 'fertility rate', and was wrong about that too
Eric is glad daddy says he's a good boy
October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Today in Trump World:
Zelensky heads to the White House to talk Tomahawks
Putin tried to talk Trump out of it
RFK Jr went on a weird rant about teenage boys sperm
Then he banged on about the 'fertility rate', and was wrong about that too
Eric is glad daddy says he's a good boy
Zelensky heads to the White House to talk Tomahawks
Putin tried to talk Trump out of it
RFK Jr went on a weird rant about teenage boys sperm
Then he banged on about the 'fertility rate', and was wrong about that too
Eric is glad daddy says he's a good boy
Today in Trump World:
• He threatened to scrap World Cup games for a pretty spurious reason
• He handed Argentina $20 billion...on one condition
• He threatened to defund New York, and might actually do it
• He threatened to scrap World Cup games for a pretty spurious reason
• He handed Argentina $20 billion...on one condition
• He threatened to defund New York, and might actually do it
October 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Today in Trump World:
• He threatened to scrap World Cup games for a pretty spurious reason
• He handed Argentina $20 billion...on one condition
• He threatened to defund New York, and might actually do it
• He threatened to scrap World Cup games for a pretty spurious reason
• He handed Argentina $20 billion...on one condition
• He threatened to defund New York, and might actually do it
Have we checked whether the UN's escalator engineer was also in charge of the mics at the Egypt summit?
October 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Have we checked whether the UN's escalator engineer was also in charge of the mics at the Egypt summit?